Pretherapeutic MRI for decision-making regarding selective neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for rectal carcinoma: Interim analysis of a multicentric prospective observational study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1122-1128

  Ptok, Henry ^a   Ruppert, Reinhard ^b   Stassburg, Joachim ^c   Maurer, Christoph Andreas ^d   Oberholzer, Katja ^e   Junginger, Theodor ^e   Merkel, Susanne ^f   Hermanek, Paul ^f  

^a Department of Surgery Carl Thiem Klinik   (Germany)

^b General and Visceral Surgery Endocrine Surgery and Coloproctology   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

^d Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

circumferential resection margin; pretherapeutic MRI; rectal carcinoma; selective neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876458984     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23917     Document Type: Article

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